Winding device for spinning toys



vSept..27, 1932. c. ARNOLD WINDING DEVICE FOR SPINNING TOYS Filed Nov.17, 1931 amse'nto'r Patented Sept. 27, 1932 PArN'r CARL ARNOLD, FNUREMBERG, GERMANY WINDING DEVICE FOR SPINNING TOYS Application filed.November 17, 1931, Serial No. 575,589, and in Germany August 22, 1931.

ll inding devices having a pressure pin acted upon by a spring andprovided with proj ections, which are inserted in a top to be rotated,are known, which upon pressure being exerted on the pin, release sameand thus op erate the top. These winding devices can however only beemployed for tops, but are not suitable for articles to be projectedinto the air and requiring a rotary movement, such as top flyingmachines.

These disadvantages are overcome according to the invention, the windingdevice being adapted to be employed at the same time for articles to beprojected and for articles intended to spin. For this purpose above acasing in which the winding pin acted upon by a spring and also a knownlocking device are accommodated, the winding device proper is mounted onthe winding pin.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example inlongitudinal section in the only figure of the accompanying drawing.

The device consists of a casing a closed by a cover at each end, the topcover having an aperture. A winding or propelling pin 0 controlled by aspring I) is rotatably and shiftably mounted in the casing a and also atthe side of pin 0 a shiftable spring controlled locking pin (2. Thelocking pin (Z projects from the top cover of the casing and its lowerend is bent at an angle and passes through a slot f in the casing a. Bydepressing a sleeve 9, surrounding the casing a, the locking pin cl ispulled down. A bridge 71 attached to the winding pin 0 by means of atransverse pin it carries on its lower end a plate Z having any desirednumber of cavities is in its lower surface. The locking pin d engages inthese eyes during the winding operation, thereby pre venting a springingback. On the plate Z a cap n is fixed which has a central aperture m inits top plate. The upper end of the winding pin a has milled claws 0arranged mutually displaced and designed to hold the axle p of thearticle to be projected, for example a toy flying machine. The axle 70has a catch. The winding of the device is elfected by turning the cap nso that the pin a roclaws and in turning projected from the windingdevice.

I claim 1. A winding device for articles to be proj ected, comprising incombination a casing, a winding pin rotatably mounted in and projectingfrom said casing, a spiral spring attached at one end to said casingwound around said winding pin and having its other end engaged with saidpin, a plate having cavities in its lower surface mounted on theprojecting top end of said winding pin, a bridge fixed 011 said plate, abolt rigidly connecting said bridge to said winding pin, a springcontrolled locking pin in and projecting from said casing and adapted toengage in the cavities in said plate and prevent the unwinding of thespiral spring, a sleeve surrounding said casing and slidable thereon andengaged with said locking pin whereby when depressed it will disengagesaid locking pin from the cavities in said plate and thereby allow thesaid spiral spring to unwind and to rapidly rotate said winding pin. I

2. A winding device as specified in claim 1, in which in the upper endof the winding pin, claws are milled which are adapted to engageprojections on the axle of the article to be projected so that drivingthe unwinding of the spiral spring and turning of the winding pin thetoy article will be projected and receive a spinning movement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CARL ARNOLD.

